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VEND. 23 SAM. 24 ET DIM. 25 SEPTEMBRE 2022 - N°6354 NE PEUT ÊTRE VENDU SÉPARÉMENT DÉPÔT LÉGAL 100/1991 DIRECTEUR DE PUBLICATION KHALID BELYAZID
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Why the taxman
Why the taxman

is scanning your lifestyle A hundred private
is scanning your lifestyle

higher schools afraid of
going bankrupt

The school abyss

Water stress:

Morocco hits rock
bottom

Who are these young
Moroccans residing in
Europe?

Editorial Sweeping in front of one’s home Radia LAHLOU

A People no longer trifle with the occupation of the public spaces. non-compliance with all these new rules, which is quite normal, except
The authorities have decided to hunt down the offenders, and now that before tightening the screw, you must first sweep in front of your
stringently enforce the rules, with tax increases that are likely to home, put an end to old habits, set an example, and above all apply
infuriate the most pacifist restaurant owners, in Rabat. Tenants, café the law to all, without exception. When one sees the anarchy that still
owners, and others, for their part, are crying foul. They denounce the prevails in the public spaces, the stalls, the street vendors occupying the
sharp increase in new taxes which exceeds 500% in some upscale dis- broken sidewalks, the electric wires protruding from everywhere, and
tricts of the capital city. The taxable persons intend to pay their debt, the badly closed manholes, one wonders why some would pay the “full
but not to give in to the whims of the administration, which, according price” while others would continue to occupy public spaces without
to them, does not fulfill the terms of the contract either. That’s the cur- being disturbed. One wonders where the taxpayers’ money is going,
rent buzz. Basically, the new tax decree came to change legislation that and why the authorities remain impassive in the face of this deteriora-
was more than a century old. This new decree dusted off certain provi- tion. We walk with our eyes focused on the soil so as not to fall. One
sions and added others relating to the environmental impact, the dura- wonders why cities abroad are cleaner and better maintained than ours.
tion of the lease, the fees to be paid, their rescheduling, and all the rest. Respect, cleanliness, maintenance... that’s what jumps at us, as soon as
The decree also specifies the fines and penalties incurred in the event of we set foot abroad... on perfect sidewalks.o